#! /bin/bash
#this is a comment simples
#this file counts the number
#of cpu's in the machine
#and reports the count to the user

#what follows next is a series of
#bash commands

echo "The script runs"

echo "This program will count the number of cpu's in the machine and reports the count to the user"

echo "There are"
more /proc/cpuinfo | grep "processor" |wc -l
echo "in this machine"

